Five minutes with Isabel Brens

Tell us about yourself

I'm Isabel Brens, Digital Consultant at Baker Tilly Dominican Republic.

If you were not a consultant, what would you have liked to be and why?

If I were not a consultant, I've liked to be a painter or an architect. I like the idea of capturing a moment of time, a stroke of creativity, materialising emotions through colours and shapes on a canvas. I also like the idea of making a client’s dream come true by designing spaces, decorating them, harmonising shapes, textures, illumination, etc.

If you could give yourself one piece of advice when you started your career, what would it be?

True professional growth is possible when we see the company as if it is oursBe more curious. True professional growth is possible when we see the company as if it is ours, when we think of the departments that comprise it as a unique set of people and processes that work for a common purpose. Therefore, we not only learn 'what concerns us', we learn everything we can and from everyone we can, and we assist in functions that go beyond of 'what is expected'.

What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?

Look at the quality and not the quantity. A good report doesn't need to be extended if its contents do not add meaningful value; it’s better to be concise and to present quality information.

How can we create a winning culture throughout the Baker Tilly network?

Making people feel part of Baker Tilly since the first day they come into the office. Creating a career plan with people, giving them clear goals within the organisation, and clear benefits of those goals, so that they can grow with Baker Tilly and Baker Tilly with them.

What opportunities are there for your firm in the next few years?

Expansion of our services and products portfolio to fit necessities of innovation in the market. We've been paying attention to clients' requirements of new services: we took note, and we first are doing internal organisation and making some processes more efficient. We are also structuring new services and products of high value for current tendencies and considering national plans that go beyond 2030.

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